Drama Terminology

2. The signal for an actor to speak or perform an action, usually a line spoken by another actor.
4. The front of the stage; the area nearest the audience.
5. The lines of the play spoken by the actors.
6. The main events of a play.
7. The side areas of the stage, out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances.
8. A topic or subject developed in a play; the subject on which the plot is based.
9. The rear of the stage; the area farthest from the audience
12. An actor's part in a play.

1. Speech between two characters.
2. A part being played in a drama / a role created by an actor or writer as part of a presentation.
3. Single speech by one character.
10. The manuscript or form in which the play is written; it contains the dialogue, stage directions, and time and place of each act and scene.
11. A person who performs in a play, who assumes the role of a character.